Outside reading posts: getting closer to the end

John Dillinger's gang was always under heat from the law, yet he managed to hide quite well. His head was always hunted. John Dillinger's gang was getting closer and closer to being jailed. Dillinger didn't quit while he was ahead, he let things happen things like this. Matera recalls, "The following day, Chicago police arreted a Dillinger gang errand boy named Leslie Homer at Ohio and Lasalle streets" (145). The cops were getting closer. The errand boy who assisted them in hiding so many years was now gone. The DIllinger operation was shrinking in size each day. The bank jobs became more scarce, he should've quit. But couldn't. Also, the gang always fluctuated in size. At different times it was the "Terrible Ten" "Crazy Eight" "Savage Seven" and even the "Terrible Two" (Matera 144). These were mention how often Dillinger had to recurit to keep a successful gang, and how difficult it was to stay away from the law.